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    Core documents by: Date Place Core documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States All documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States Original language: English French German Italian Latin Browse documents by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse commentaries by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse database by: Key words Editors' login:  | | 1802 Amendment, (1802) Source: The University of Texas Tarlton Law Library Citation: 1802 Amendment (1802), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1802 Full title An Act supplementary to an act, intituled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned" and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints. Full title original language N/A Abstract The first statutory amendment to the Copyright Act. The amendment added historical and other prints as protectable subject matter. It also introduced for the first time a requirement that a notice would be included in each copy of the copyrighted work. Formalities as defined by the 1802 Act later played an important role in the seminal 1834 Wheaton v. Peters case. Bibliography N/A Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location N/A Year 1802 Language English Source The University of Texas Tarlton Law Library Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to N/A Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to N/A Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to U.S. Copyright Act 1790, 1 Stat. 124 (1790) U.S. Copyright Act 1802 (Amendment of 1790 Act), 2 Stat. 171 (1802) Legislation referred to in commentary U.S. Copyright Act 1802 (Amendment of 1790 Act), 2 Stat. 171 (1802) Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary Wheaton v. Peters (1834) 33 U.S. 591 Institutions referred to U.S. Congress Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words author's remuneration books, protected subject matter copy deposit engravings, protected subject matter formalities fraud inventions learning, the advancement of maps, protected subject matter newspapers penalties, paid to author(s) penalties, paid to fiscal authorities remedies states, US Responsible editor Oren Bracha Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. In so far as these scans are protected by copyright, they are made available on the same terms as translations and commentaries (see home page). | |||||
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